Shanghai Masters: Zhukayev books spot in second round
Beibit Zhukayev beat Stefano Napolitano 7-5, 7-5 on Thursday night. He’ll face No 13 seed Karen Khachanov in the next round
Zhukayev (Laurent Sanson/Panoramic)
Kazakh qualifier Beibit Zhukayev moved into the second round of the Shanghai Masters by winning against Italian qualifier Stefano Napolitano 7-5, 7-5 at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Thursday night.
Zhukayev, ranked No 302, will play No 13 seed Karen Khachanov next.
Shanghai Masters, other first-round results (Qi Zhong Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Juncheng Shang
- Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Sebastian Ofner
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Luca Van Assche
- J.J. Wolf vs. Pedro Cachin
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Quentin Halys
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Matteo Arnaldi: thursday
- Jordan Thompson vs. Terence Atmane: thursday
- Rinky Hijikata (Q) beat Laslo Djere: 7-6 (4), 7-5
- Arthur Fils beat Pavel Kotov: 6-1, 6-4
- Aleksandar Vukic beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
- Chun-Hsin Tseng beat Alexander Shevchenko: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Philip Sekulic (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Mikhail Kukushkin (Q) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2
- Gregoire Barrere beat Nuno Borges: 6-2, 6-2
- Roman Safiullin beat Andy Murray: 6-3, 6-2
- Cristian Garin beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (10)
- Yu Hsiou Hsu (Q) beat Max Purcell: 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4
- Marcos Giron beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-4, 6-2
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Richard Gasquet: 6-1, 6-2
- Marton Fucsovics beat Denis Yevseyev (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Corentin Moutet: 6-2, 6-3
- Yannick Hanfmann beat James Duckworth (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-3
- Fabian Marozsan beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Jaume Munar beat Rigele Te (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Dane Sweeny (Q) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-3
- Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Yunchaokete Bu (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (6), 6-2, 2-1 ret.
- Brandon Nakashima beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
- Dusan Lajovic beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
- Yoshihito Nishioka beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
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